subscript

Meaningwritten under

Common meaning: a small character set below the line

‘under’ + ‘to write’ → subscript

Journey through time

  1. Latinscrībō, scrīpsī, scrīptum‘to write’
  2. Englishsubscript‘a small character set below the line’ · today

sub- also in: subornsubtlesuburbsubmergesubaltern

script also in: scripturedescribeprescribesubscribemanuscript

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin scrībō ‘to write; to mark with lines’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry scrībō, p. 1647 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

describabledescribeinscriptionmanuscriptprescribescripturesubscribesuperscript

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